Newsletter · Fall 2000
Fall 2000: three-fourths of the way
The campaign entered the 2000–2001 school year within reach of its goal, with new partners and a grant program ready to scale.
The goal line is in sight
Through corporate, service club, and individual contributions, plus seed money from the Carlsbad Educational Foundation, Kids Are Worth A Million reached three-fourths of its $1,000,000 goal. That progress came from thousands of smaller gifts as much as from a few large ones.
Businesses and the community were involved at every level: raising awareness of the need for better technology in schools, pledging funds and equipment, and sponsoring fundraising events.
New partners join the campaign
Corporations, local merchants, service groups, civic organizations, and PTAs continued to pledge and donate funds and equipment. The Foundation’s role was to make those partnerships easy: a public relations firm, sustained media coverage, and access to thousands of Carlsbad businesses and homes.
Grants move from idea to program
The technology grant program gave the campaign a way to spend money well. Rather than buy identical equipment for every school, the Foundation asked teachers what would change learning in their own rooms and reviewed each proposal on its merits.
By the end of the year, guidelines were being prepared for the next cycle. Read the grant criteria
On the calendar
The Telethon was set for March 22, 2001, and Taste of Carlsbad for June 2, 2001. Both events needed volunteers and sponsors before they needed guests.
This issue summary is reconstructed from the campaign’s published pages and records. Dates, deadlines, and figures are kept as originally published.